1. Status of the n-XYTER and CBM-XYTER development line Christian J. Schmidt et al., GSI Darmstadt JINR, Dubna, Oct. 15 th 2008

2. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 n-XYTER, current workhorse chip for prototyping workhorse readout chip for detector prototyping architectural example front-end for DAQ development (self triggered, data driven) sample ASIC for technological front-end electronics hybrid developments bonding technology, circuit board technology thermal management, active cooling concepts power management (integraly high currents, low voltage, high B-fields, high rad. environment) very dense mechanical boundary conditions

3. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 "Simple" FEB for the n-XYTER Starter Kit A simple hybrid PCB with signal fan-in, ADC and interconnect to SysCore DAQ chain Allow development of the DAQ chain Allow the readout of various detector prototypes Allow to explore the challenges of hybrid development The September beam time has shown the whole signal chain operative! Silicon Strip / GEM Gas Detectors --- n-XYTER --- SysCore DAQ System

4. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 n-XYTER FEB: At the limits of PCB-technology Chip-In-Board solution avoids space eating vias allows pitch adaptation: 50,7 µm on chip to PCB side 101,4 µm on two levels Interference point of many technologies, each imposing limiting boundary conditions:

5. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 n-XYTER FEB: At the limits of PCB-technology 100 µm pitch on PCB is at the limit of PCB technology! landing area for bonds comes out much smaller than 50 µm high yield wire bonding technology finds limits at ~65 µm landing space Chip-In-Board technologically impeeds use of cooling vias Unplugged vias spoil bonding structures Plugged vias spoil bonding surface quality Current Solution: Macroscopic metal inlay underneath the chip realized after PCB manufacturing will give thermal link to cooling infrastructure FEB-Rev B FEB-Rev C  Realize 125 µm pitch on PCB at the expense of more complicated fan-out bonding with Chip-In-Board, two layer bonding and metal in-lay cooling contact  FEB-Rev D

6. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 It is all a question of yield! PCB-Technology 50µ / 50µ shatteres yield close contact to manufacturer special solutions (Chip in Board) metal inlay solution Wire Bonding Technology: Maximum bond length ~ 4 mm Staggered fan-out complicates bonding Bonding machine determines specs on dimensions of landing space Home made issues: -- Cooling strategy: Wire bonds demand cooling from below Flip-Chip bump bonds may allow cooling from either side -- Limitations on Orcad layout tool -- On Chip bond-pad layout

7. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 STS specific hybrid developments Hybrid for STS Ladder Modules Combined challenges of high density chip assembly needs sensitive microcable detector interconnect integrated cooling integrated powering scheeme in high magnetic fields and rad. env. Temptatively, a completly different technology comes into play: Silicon based circuit board flip chip assembly of XYTERs high efficiency cooling contacts and hybrid stackability tap bonding for micro-cables (V. Pugatch, Kiev) separated potential domain for upper and lower side det. readout (see STS meeting for more details)

8. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 Activities in Heidelberg: Preparation of n-XYTER engineering run n-XYTER prototype showed a large temp. coeff. due to unmatched circuitry assembled from different labs (DETNI collaboration). The correction of it is the major modification currently realized. A process more suited for mixed signal designs will be employed Rearranged bond-pad lay-out will faciliate bonding Enhanced on-chip shielding will inhibit cross-talk and inter circuit feed-back two versions of dynamic range (120 000 e, 1000 000 e) will widen scope of applications Hans K.Soltveit, Physik. Inst. Heidelberg An Engineering Run of the n-XYTER will supply us with chips for detector prototyping activities! Towards this production, some issues may be addressed.

9. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY FAST SHAPER Reworked (preliminary) TYPICAL RESPONSE Peaking time: ~35ns Conv.gain: 59.7mV/fC Noise: 766e@30pF Negative temp. coefficient Positive temp. coefficient New Hans K.Soltveit, Physik. Inst. Heidelberg Additional compensating circuitry added to undo former TC-mismatch

10. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY FAST-SHAPER OUTPUT DC-LEVEL TEMP(°C) Old TEMP.COEFF. ~29 mV/°C Config for negative input signals NEW: TEMP.COEFF. ~0.7 mV/°C Config. for positive input signals NEW: TEMP.COEFF. ~0.5 mV/°C Hans K.Soltveit, Physik. Inst. Heidelberg

11. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 Time Line towards the engineering run Temperature compensation also realized on slow shaper energy signal chain! Currently: Extensive corner analysis on new schematics Beginning of November: Review on schematical modifications Until the end of the year: Layout modifications Beginning of Jan.: Submission readiness review Jan to Feb.: Submission to AMS

12. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 Midterm and Beyond, the CBM XYTER Exploit detector prototyping experiences Self triggered architecture Rates adapted Radiation hard On chip energy conversion Efficient, low lead-count serialized data transfer DC-coupled double sided Silicon readout A dedicated CBM-XYTER development gets on its rails...

13. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 CBM-XYTER Family Planning CBM-STS-XYTER minimize power realize dc-leakage compensation compact, high channel density MIP sensitivity in Si dense mounting CBM-TRD-XYTER high resolution needs (8 to 9 bit) lower channel density next neighbor forced trigger logic? ion tail cancellation facilities baseline restauration lower occupancy MUCH needs are somewhere in between. Preferably adopt these specs within one of the two! (see V. Niculin) MUCH needs are somewhere in between. Preferably adopt these specs within one of the two! (see V. Niculin) Both XYTER chips will employ common rad. hard library and common design blocks for the readout FiFo and MUX (data sparcification and de-randomization), slow control interface, data transfer serializers, testability features and clocking and time stamp generation.

14. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 CBM-STS-XYTER Robert Szczygiel and Pawel Grybos (AGH Krakow) will realize the job. They share experience on the n-XYTER development within DETNI) Pre study ongoing MIP sensitivity with around 120 000 e dynamic range 128 channels, high density Time over threshold (TOT) architecture extremely power saving due to less architectural overhead low resolution needs, 4 to 5 bit low demand on silicon real estate Particular demands on S/N for clean discrimination

15. 12th CBM Collaboration Meeting, Dubna, Oct. 15th 2008 CBM-TRD-XYTER Peter Fischer et al. (ZITI Heidelberg) will realize this chip, Vasili Catanescu (NIHAM Bucharest) adds a proposal for the front-end (see Mihai Petrovici on current test chip preparation) The specific architectural needs for the TRD-XYTER have not entirely crystalized yet. We intend to have a concerted workshop in Dec. 2008 with detector physicists and electronics engineers.... to work out the TRD-XYTER spec-frame Our discussion on this meeting should give us guidance for the preparation of this workshop. Also, MUCH specifics should be collected to evaluate the feasibility of a combined TRD-MUCH-XYTER version.

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